George H. W.

Bush
The 41st President of the United States
1989-1993

By Lola and Charlotte

 Table of contents

● Childhood and Family

● Before he became president
● Political life
● After he was President
● Quizz
 Childhood and family
● George H. W. Bush was born in
Milton on June 12, 1924. The
Bush family moved to Greenwich,
Connecticut in 1925, he was the
son of Dorothy Walker Bush and
Prescott Bush, a Republican
senator and banker.
● He had six children : George,
Robin, John, Neil, Marvin and
Dorothy, with Barbara Pierce.
 Before he became president
● George Bush entered into the petroleum
industry in Texas and founded the Zapata
Petroleum Company in 1953
● Bush lost his first election in the 1964
Republican defeat.
He was finally elected in 1966 and re-elected
1968 to the House of Representatives in the
7th District of Texas.
● In January 1981, he became Ronald Reagan's
vice-president. On October 12, 1987, George
Bush announced his candidacy to replace
Ronald Reagan.
Graduated = diplômé
Positions = postes
Political life
● George Bush supported the
march towards German
reunification.
● Operation Desert Storm began
on the night of January 16-17,
1991 with the aim of liberating
Koweit from iraqi troops.

The march towards = la marche vers

The aim = l'objectif
 After he was President
● On November 25, 2017, George H.
W. Bush broke Gerald Ford's
longevity record, becoming the
oldest American president in
history at 93.
● He died on November 30, 2018, at
the age of 94.

Speeches = discours
 Conclusion
● His mandate was made by his
involvement in foreign policy
and by a bad economic
situation. He was accused of
neglecting domestic policy
for foreign policy.

● We have chosen this

president because he did
many things and there was a
lot of information about him.
Foreign policy = politique
At George HW Bush's funeral étrangère
 QUIZZ

● How many children did he have ?

● Where was the oil industry that he joined in 1953 ?
● Of whom was he the vice-president ?
● What was the name of the operation that began on
the night of January 16-17, 1991 ?
● When did he die ?